Prevalence of positive family history of colorectal cancer in the Iranian general population

Iranian Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-31

  Moghimi Dehkordi, B ^a   Safaee, A ^a   Pourhoseingholi, M A ^a   Vahedi, M ^a   Habibi, M ^a   Pourhoseingholi, A ^a   Zali, M R ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Family history; General population; Iran; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PREVENTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RELATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953375012     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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